Halter.



PATENTED MAY 19, 19 08.

vNo. 887,862.

J. SPANGBNBERG.

HALTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY15, 1907.

UNITED STATES JOHN SPANGENBERG, OF GILMAN, IOWA.

HALTER.

Application filed July 15,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN SPANGENBERG, citizen of the United States,residing at Gilman, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Halters, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention pertains to halters, and consists in the peculiar andadvantageous construction hereinafter described and particularly pointedout in the claim appended.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specificationFigure 1 is a perspective view of a halter constructed inaccordance-with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation ofthe metallic connector comprised in my improvements, and: Fig. 3 is aplan view of the said connector.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A is the head stall of my novel halter. B B are the cheek pieces of thehalter; C, the nose piece, and D the jaw piece. The ends of the headstall A are preferably connected to the upper ends of the cheek pieces Bthrough metallic rings E, while the lower ends of the cheek pieces B arepreferably connected to the adjacent ends of the nose piece 0 and j awpiece D through metallic loops F, as illustrated.

Connected to and extending rearward from the rings E are throat straps Gwhich, as will be readily apparent, are comparatively short and maytherefore be made of short pieces of leather or other suitable stock,and connected with the jaw piece D, preferably through the medium of theconventional interlocked rings H and I, is a chin strap J. This chinstrap J is also quite short and may therefore, like the throat straps G,be formed of a small piece of leather or other stock suitable for use ina halter.

M is my novel connector which is prefer ably cast or otherwise formed ofsuitable metal. The said connector is designed to serve in connectionwith the throat straps G and the chin strap J in forming a strong anddurable throat latch; and it is made up of eyes m for the connection ofthe throat straps G, and a longitudinal central bar n extending betweenthe eyes m and designed to rest in a loop 20 at the upper end of thechin strap J as clearly shown in Fig. 1. As illustrated in Fig. 1 andmore definitely in Fig. 3, the eyes m of the connector M are disposed atobtuse Specification of Letters Patent.

1907. Serial No. 383,733.

Patented May 19, 1908.

angles to the bar n thereof, this in order to enable the connector tomore comfortably fit the throat of the animal wearing the halter.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that a halter embodying myinvention is susceptible of being expeditiously and easily produced,that small pieces of leather or other suitable stock may be utilized toadvantage in the construction of the throat latch, and that the halteras a whole is sightly in appearance and at the same time is strong andtherefore well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which halters areordinarily subjected. It will further be gathered from the foregoingthat by virtue of the longitudinal central bar n of the connector Mbeing straight and of a greater length than the loop 7) of the chinstrap J is wide, the said loop p is free to play upon the said bar n,and in consequence the halter when in use will subject the animal to nodiscomfort.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent,

The herein described halter consisting essentially of a head stall,cheek pieces connected with the head stall, a nose piece connected withthe cheek pieces, a jaw piece also connected with the cheek pieces, achin strap con nected with the jaw piece and having a loop at its upperend, throat straps connected with and extending rearward from the headstall and cheek pieces and having loops at their rear ends disposed atopposite sides of the said loop of the chin strap, and a connectorformed of a single piece of stiff material and having a longitudinalcentral, intermediate bar it resting in the loop at the upper end of thechin strap; the said bar '17. being straight and of a greater lengththan the loop of the chin strap is wide, whereby said loop is free toplay upon said bar in the direction of the length of the latter, andalso having end eyes disposed at obtuse angles to the bar a, wherebythey are adapted to comfortably fit the throat of an animal, and furtherhaving the outer end bars of the said eyes loosely arranged in the loopsat the rear ends of the throat straps.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN SPANGENBERG. Witnesses:

J. W. ALDEN, H.-D. STEWART.

